Important health topics being covered by reliable news sources:
A Salmonella Outbreak Has Spread To 17 States And It’s Linked To Italian-Style Meats – NPR
It’s Time To Up Your Mask Game – NPR
From Free Pizza To Free Tuition, Colleges Try Everything To Get Students Vaccinated – NPR
Sports Science Is Changing How Female Olympians Train. It Could Help You, Too – NPR
Most Children Don’t Develop Long-Haul COVID After an Infection, According to a Large New Study – TIME
The Delta Variant Increases Your Chances of Being Hospitalized With COVID-19, Study Finds – TIME
Largest Study of Lingering COVID-19 Effects Suggests a Looming Problem – TIME
Many U.S. At-Home COVID-19 Test Results Could Be Going Unreported – TIME
Can Your Employer Require That You Get Vaccinated? It Depends Where You Live – TIME
Why There Should Be a Moratorium on COVID-19 Booster Shots Until Low-Income Countries Get Vaccinated – TIME
Why COVID-19 Might Be Here to Stay — And How We’ll Learn to Live With It – TIME
California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates – Los Angeles Times
Long COVID’s daunting toll seen in study of pandemic’s earliest patients – Los Angeles Times
Why a fast-spreading coronavirus and a half-vaccinated public can be a recipe for disaster – Los Angeles Times
Is California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’ a road to nowhere? – Los Angeles Times
California doing much better with Delta variant than Florida, Texas. Here’s why – Los Angeles Times
Gov. Newsom orders school employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly – Los Angeles Times
With Delta surging, America is dangerously divided over vaccines – Los Angeles Times
Biden, reversing Trump order, announces tougher car pollution standards – Los Angeles Times
L.A. will consider requiring vaccine proof at restaurants, gyms, indoor sporting events – Los Angeles Times
Masks back in demand as Illinois announces statewide mandate in schools. ‘We are going to be selling masks like crazy.’ – Chicago Tribune
Less than 2 months after lifting most COVID-19 orders, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issues mask mandates for schools and vaccine requirements for some state workers – Chicago Tribune
Chicago now asks unvaccinated travelers to quarantine — even with a negative COVID-19 test — and advises against Labor Day travel for unvaccinated kids – Chicago Tribune
Cannabis smoking lounges off to successful start in Illinois. ’60- and 70-year-old dudes walking in with their tie-dye.’ – Chicago Tribune
Illinois expansion of health coverage for older adults regardless of immigration status is expected to benefit thousands of essential workers at risk – Chicago Tribune
Marijuana drug tests in the workplace would follow same standard as DUI, under proposed change in Illinois law – Chicago Tribune
Chicago mandates masks indoors as new COVID-19 cases top 400 a day; no plans for state to follow suit – Chicago Tribune
McDonald’s will require US office employees get the COVID-19 vaccine – Chicago Tribune
Moderna says its COVID vaccine’s protection holds through 6 months, but anticipates boosters will be needed before winter – Chicago Tribune
As COVID admissions spiral, Memorial Health in South Broward suspends elective surgeries – Miami Herald
In COVID feud, DeSantis takes shot at Biden: ‘I don’t want to hear a blip … from you’ – Miami Herald
Broward school district says mask mandate still in place, as it reviews DeSantis’ order – Miami Herald
Number of Americans opposed to getting a COVID vaccine reaches new low, poll finds – Miami Herald
Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths – Miami Herald
Florida judge rules DeSantis overreached on school mask mandate – Miami Herald
Disney, Royal Caribbean will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for cruises – Miami Herald
South Florida healthcare giant mandating COVID vaccines for workers and volunteers – Miami Herald
Biden administration says it will help school districts defying DeSantis’ mask orders – Miami Herald
DeSantis says reporting local COVID data on daily basis ‘may not be a bad idea’ – Miami Herald
‘Burning through the population’: Delta fuels Florida’s worst COVID wave – Miami Herald
Florida approves vouchers for ‘COVID-19 harassment,’ new protocols in schools – Miami Herald
Florida children’s hospitals see pediatric COVID cases soar amid delta variant surge – Miami Herald
Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates Split Corporate America – The Wall Street Journal
EU Travel Recommendations: What U.S. Travelers Need to Know – The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Approach a Peak as Delta Variant Spreads – The Wall Street Journal
Delta Air Lines to Impose $200 Monthly Charge on Unvaccinated Employees, Add Testing Requirements – The Wall Street Journal
FDA Gives Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Full Approval – The Wall Street Journal
Covid-19 Cases Surge as Students Return to Schools – The Wall Street Journal
Job Postings Requiring Covid-19 Vaccination Jump in Past Month – The Wall Street Journal
Census Data Shows America’s White Population Shrank for the First Time – The Wall Street Journal
Pentagon to Mandate Covid-19 Vaccine for U.S. Service Members – The Wall Street Journal
Highly Vaccinated States Keep Worst Covid-19 Outcomes in Check as Delta Spreads, WSJ Analysis Shows – The Wall Street Journal
Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse – The New York Times
What to Know About Breakthrough Infections and the Delta Variant – The New York Times
Should I Mask? Can I Travel? What About Hugs? How Delta Is Changing Advice for the Vaccinated – The New York Times
It’s natural to feel happy and sad at the same time. Here’s when it can become a problem. – The Washington Post
WHO calls for moratorium on booster vaccine shots through September, citing global disparity – The Washington Post
Pandemic will push U.S. mortality up through 2023, new government report predicts – The Washington Post
A science in the shadows – The Washington Post
Companies move to mandate coronavirus shots as FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine – The Washington Post
Biden team tries to get ahead of the virus — and maybe the science — with decision on booster shots – The Washington Post
Trump let this pesticide stay on the market. Under Biden, EPA is banning its use on food. – The Washington Post
Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant – The Washington Post
CDC backs third vaccine dose for immunocompromised people – The Washington Post
FDA authorizes extra vaccine doses for immunocompromised patients to bolster protection against the coronavirus – The Washington Post
Spread of delta variant ignites covid hot spots in highly vaccinated parts of the U.S., Post analysis finds – The Washington Post
CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine – The Washington Post
‘Goldilocks virus’: Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks – The Washington Post
Humans have pushed the climate into ‘unprecedented’ territory, landmark U.N. report finds – The Washington Post